Getting Out There

Race to Alaska

I have been toying with an idea for a while now, since before my appearance at DetCon1 last July actually. Human powered endurance sports tend to existon the bleeding edge of materials science and efficient design. I like to use this in my science fiction writing because it is not much of a stretch to imagine pushing these two contributing factorsjust a little bit further in the pursuit of glories we already seek.

Today I realizethat when I was much younger and had far fewer resp...